Zawahiri's Lament

Opinion Journal ^ | Oct 13, 2005 | editorial

[lysie]

Those who want a premature U.S. withdrawal from Iraq will now have to explain why that won't play into the hands--and plans--of the enemy.

Exactly. Let's have them start 'splaining.

[MEG33]

Stay the course..BUMP!

[roaddog727]

This is in fact a crusade.

[lysie]

Neil Cavuto's Common Sense take on this..

"No wonder that mom and dad reminded me that the biggest threat to their son isn't some other country on many days, the threat is this country."

[Dog]

What struck me with this letter was the tone. We have hurt AQ bad.....and I mean bad...you can sense that in this letter.

[Luis Gonzalez]

Al Qaeda is broke.

There is division in the Muslim world (note the Shi'a comments), and infighting is a matter of accepted inevitability.

The primary battlefield in this war is, by Al Qaeda's own admission, Iraq, not the U.S.

There have been no (successful) terrorist attacks on the US mainland since September 11, 2001.

The Bush battle plan is a complete success, but the media is now spending its time focusing our attention on Harriet Miers and Bush's popular rating.

A$$holes...

[Dog]

Hi Luis..nice to see you again....its been a while.

[Shqipo]

Sounds like a good time for JohnfnKerry to hold secretive meetings in Paris with Al Qaeda reps so the Libs can try to again grab defeat from the jaws of victory.

[wayoverontheright]

The media has annointed al-Qaeda "amorphous" and "decentralized", how about "leaderless" and "in disarray".

The only formidable enemy we have left in this war is our own media. The left has a lot to lose with a Bush victory here, don't look for them to capitulate, even after it is pretty obvious al-Qaeda has thrown in the (head) towel.

[monocle]

Don't attack mosques, he advises. Don't target ordinary people. "Many of your Muslim admirers amongst common folk are wondering about your attacks on the Shi'a," he writes. Such strikes amount to "action that the masses do not understand or approve."

If I were a shite, I would be terribly concerned by the highlighted sentence because Zawahiri does not outright condemn the attempt to initiate a civil war but implicitly condones it.

[Guenevere]

bttt

[G.Mason]

" ... The aftermath of the collapse of American power in Vietnam-and how they ran and left their agents-is noteworthy ... "

Surely an understatement.

the letter

[wolfcreek]

I have my doubts. We can't be sure their not trying to lull us into a sense of complacency. These letters that keep popping up seem a little too easily accessed. I suspect mind games are being played out to a great extent.

[armydawg1]

OK, now that Al Qaeda themselves have said they are in Iraq, I am waiting for the first liberal to come forth with an apology for calling Bush a liar and repeating for three years that Al Qaeda is not in Iraq.......

[Guenevere]

Me too!

[SueRae]

The letter was insightful, AQ is hurting in many ways...imagine, AZ asking for 100K from AQ in Iraq..HAH!

They're on the run and on the ropes..with any luck, their cave collapsed in the earthquake and we never hear of them again.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Butting in here....is anyone watching FOX? Missed the beginning of it, Brian was doing a tribute to Josh Kynoch. It seems his death was the result of an especially heroic action in Iraq. Can anyone give me details?

[hawkaw]

You are so right.

I do see the goal posts moving to a point where the leftists will be suggesting that Al Qaeda only started to fight after the Coalition got there. I also think that the left will continue to aim at the lack of an Al Qaeda relationship with Saddam before the coalation invaded even though I thought many had shown there was a relationship.